The Scopes Monkey Trial

Imagine sitting in a 97-degree court room in the middle of July while you’re being prosecuted for a crime you’re not even sure you committed. This is exactly the situation twenty-four-year-old John T. Scopes found himself in during the summer of 1925. Almost overnight this trial became a national sensation and put the small town of Dayton, Tennessee on the map. It would involve two of the most famous attorneys of the day going head-to-head over a newly passed Tennessee State law called the Butler Act. What was the crime? Teaching evolution in the classroom. Books: The Memoirs of William Jennings Bryan by William Jennings Bryan and Mary Baird Bryan Trying Biology: The Scopes Trial, Textbooks, and the Antievolution Movement in American Schools by Adam Shapiro Six Days or Forever? Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes by Ray Ginger Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion by Edward Larson Film: Inherit The Wind (1960) with Fredrich March, Spencer Tracy, and Gene Kelly

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The Scopes Monkey Trial is an episode from Historically Speaking Podcast by Rebecca Robbins & Kim Kimmel.

This episode is 36:17 long.

This episode was published on Jan 26, 2022.

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